About
then|now is a visual archive of places photographed across time.
Each story pairs an older image with a modern retake so visitors can see what stayed, what disappeared, and what the street looks like now. Some places have only the older image so far: stand where it was taken and take the new one with your phone.
Sources
- Mill House, Aucklandkura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/47325/rec/38
- Corner of Rata Street and Commercial Road, Helensvillehelensvillemuseum.org.nz
- Tāmaki Road Board offices, St Helierskura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/320024
- Tāmaki Drive from Long Drive, St Helierskura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/320025
- Beach towards Gower Point, St Helierskura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/160638
- Riddell Road at Waimarie Street, St Helierskura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/161005
- Bridgeway Cinema, Northcote Pointkura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/29147
- Former Post Office, Northcote Pointkura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/31551
- Northcote Tavern, Northcote Pointkura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/413806
- Mayfair Place, Glen Inneskura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/284851
- Bradley Lane at Line Road, Glen Inneskura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/284870
Your photos
Photos sent from the camera are seen only by then|now until we add them to a place. They carry no location. Your browser keeps a random number so the photos it sends stay together on Your photos, where you can sign up with a name to be credited, change it or remove it. Signing up saves a passkey, which is how you sign in on another device; we never see an email or a password. Photos and names are kept in then|now’s private store, with Vercel in Sydney. The camera also sends anonymous reports of how it worked, never the pictures.